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Solicore Launches New High Capacity Flexion Product Line

Solicore has announced the introduction of their new High Capacity Flexion product line. The new High Capacity Flexion products deliver 30% more capacity than the standard Flexion batteries, meet the ISO 7816 flexing req...

14 Nov 2006

Polyfuel Sets New Record for Portable Fuel Cell Performance

PolyFuel has announced that its new, ultra-thin membrane delivers over 40% more power than any fuel cell membrane previously available. The new 20-micron hydrocarbon membrane, when used in direct methanol fuel cells (DMF...

14 Nov 2006

Research to Advance Solid Mechanics

The University of Oxford has initiated a new five-year project which could enhance tumour research, nanotechnology and the use of alloys by advancing the mathematics and computation of solid mechanics. New Frontiers i...

14 Nov 2006

Progress in Development of All Vanadium Flow Storage Batteries

A team of researchers at the CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics has attained significant progress recently in their research and development of all vanadium flow storage batteries. On the basis of the previously...

14 Nov 2006

Novel Nanocrystallization Technique for Low Temperature Plasma Nitriding of Stainless Steel

A novel nanocrystallization technique of surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) has been introduced for low temperature plasma nitriding of stainless steel. This research work was performed by a research group led...

14 Nov 2006

Launch of Standards Portal in China

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) president and CEO S. Joe Bhatia, Standardization Administration of China (SAC) Administrator Liu Pingjun, and Belinda Collins of the National Institute of Standards and Techno...

14 Nov 2006

Alcoa Howmet's Ti-Cast Operation Wins Casting Contest Award

Alcoa's Howmet Products and Services' Ti-Cast facility in Whitehall, Michigan, has received the 2006 Casting Contest Award - aerospace category - from the Investment Casting Institute. The award recognizes Howmet...

14 Nov 2006

Alcan to Explore Development of Bauxite Mine and Alumina Refinery in Madagascar

Alcan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Access Madagascar Sarl, a Malagasy company holding exploration rights in Madagascar’s south eastern Manantenina District, to jointly study the development of a ba...

14 Nov 2006

New British Science and Technology Facilities Council Announced

The British Minister for Science and Innovation, Lord Sainsbury, has confirmed that the new large facilities council would be called the "Science and Technology Facilities Council". The new name reflects th...

14 Nov 2006

De Beers Opens Canadian Diamond Display Centre

De Beers Canada has announced the opening of its Diamond Display Centre, the first of its kind in Canada and the first such permanent display outside of the Diamond Trading Company in London. The Diamond Display Centre, ...

14 Nov 2006

Rand Says Renewable Energy Could Play Larger Role in US Energy Future

Renewable resources could produce 25 percent of the electricity and motor vehicle fuels used in the United States by 2025 at little or no additional cost if fossil fuel prices remain high enough and the cost of producing...

14 Nov 2006

Biotechnology Applied to the Paper Industry

The principal raw material used for manufacturing paper pulp is wood. However, growing demand in the paper industry, at a time of dwindling forest resources, have compelled the sector to turn to other sources of raw mate...

14 Nov 2006

ALTRAN Unveils Three New Eco-Innovative Concepts

ALTRAN, the European leader in innovation and high technology consulting, unveiled at the EcoBuilding Performance Forum on the 8-9 of November in Paris, three new eco-innovative concepts, to enable the best use of energy...

14 Nov 2006

Electrostatics Could Lead to Smaller, Cheaper Laser Printers

Recent advances in the basic science of electrostatics could soon lead to color laser printers that are cheaper and up to 70 percent smaller than current models, a physicist reports at this week's AVS International S...

14 Nov 2006

Novel 3-Dimensional Magnetic Polymer Discovered

Up to now it has not been possible to fabricate magnets from organic materials, like for example plastics. Recently, however, experiments at the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf in collaboration with an international...

14 Nov 2006

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

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Solicore Launches New High Capacity Flexion Product Line

Polyfuel Sets New Record for Portable Fuel Cell Performance

Research to Advance Solid Mechanics

Progress in Development of All Vanadium Flow Storage Batteries

Novel Nanocrystallization Technique for Low Temperature Plasma Nitriding of Stainless Steel

Launch of Standards Portal in China

Alcoa Howmet's Ti-Cast Operation Wins Casting Contest Award

Alcan to Explore Development of Bauxite Mine and Alumina Refinery in Madagascar

New British Science and Technology Facilities Council Announced

De Beers Opens Canadian Diamond Display Centre

Rand Says Renewable Energy Could Play Larger Role in US Energy Future

Biotechnology Applied to the Paper Industry

ALTRAN Unveils Three New Eco-Innovative Concepts

Electrostatics Could Lead to Smaller, Cheaper Laser Printers

Novel 3-Dimensional Magnetic Polymer Discovered

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Enhancing Materials Research with XRM Microscopy and Deep Learning Reconstruction

Digital Traceability and the Battery Passport: A Conversation with Rockwell Automation

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

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Enhancing Materials Research with XRM Microscopy and Deep Learning Reconstruction

Digital Traceability and the Battery Passport: A Conversation with Rockwell Automation

Shaping the Future of Particle Characterization with Light Scattering

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